Senior Linux Engineer

About HireRight

HireRight is the premier global background screening and workforce solutions provider. We bring clarity and confidence to vetting and hiring decisions through integrated, tailored solutions, driving a higher standard of accuracy in everything we do. Combining in-house talent, personalized services, and proprietary technology, we ensure the best candidate experience possible. PBSA accredited and based in Nashville, TN, we offer expertise from our regional centers across 200 countries and territories in The Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Our commitment to get it right every time, everywhere, makes us the trusted partner of businesses and organizations worldwide.

Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Red Hat Linux Engineer to design, support, and optimize our enterprise Linux environments across on‑premise data centers and cloud platforms. This hybrid role, based in Nashville, TN, is ideal for a seasoned engineer with deep expertise in RHEL, virtual machines, and containerized workloads in both traditional and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

 

Linux Engineering & Administration

• Architect, deploy, and maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
• Lead OS lifecycle management, patching, hardening, and performance tuning.
• Develop and maintain automation for provisioning, configuration, and compliance using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar.

Virtualization & Infrastructure

• Support and optimize Linux workloads running on VMware, Nutanix, or other enterprise hypervisors.
• Troubleshoot complex issues involving compute, storage, networking, and OS layers.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to ensure high availability and scalability.

Containers & Cloud Platforms

• Deploy, manage, and support containerized applications using OpenShift, Kubernetes, or Docker.
• Integrate Linux systems with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Implement cloud-native services, storage, and networking to support hybrid workloads.

Security, Monitoring & Operations

• Implement security best practices, SELinux policies, and compliance frameworks.
• Configure monitoring, logging, and alerting for Linux and container environments.
• Perform root-cause analysis and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

 

• 7+ years of hands-on experience administering and engineering Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
• Strong experience with virtualization platforms (VMware, Nutanix, or similar).
• Hands-on experience with containers and orchestration (OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience supporting Linux workloads in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficiency with automation and scripting (Ansible, Bash, Python, etc.).
• Strong troubleshooting skills in large-scale, mission-critical environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Red Hat certifications (RHCSA, RHCE, EX280/OpenShift).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, GitOps).
• Experience with security hardening and compliance frameworks.

What do we offer

In exchange for your expertise, HireRight offers an excellent employee benefit package which includes:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Paid Life/AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401K
• Generous Vacation and Sick Program
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Education Assistance Program
• Business Casual Attire
• Generous Referral Program
• Employee Discounts and Rewards
• And much more!

*All resumes are held in confidence. Only candidates whose profiles closely match requirements will be contacted during this search.

HireRight, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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